Any Asian import car that has been modified for show or performance (or presumed performance). Although some like the Mazda RX-7, Toyota Supra, and Acura NSX are very capable cars that are superior to most of the shit coming out of Detroit since the 80s, most are economy cars that are poorly modified with cheap shit from Pep Boys.
Whoa! Look at that awesome Honda Civic with a 4-inch tailpipe, huge wing, and euro lights. I bet it owns at the track. Wait... you mean it's not National Sarcasm Day!?! Well forget that then.
by john crunkalopolis July 27, 2004
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A POORLY modified car that the driver tries to make seem cooler, and making a asshole of himself at the same time.

Not always some-one who modifies exported cars, theres nothing wrong with that...and who-ever says it is usually is gelous they drive around in shitty salons. Standing out is not a crime, but in cars like those in the pics...it is...
haha, Look at that f***ing ricer! What a shit car!
by James Foxhall February 28, 2005
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Usually a young man with a car from Japan who uses cosmetic modifications rarther than using engine based mods. This is essentially the safer way to go for young boys on the cruise scene who cannot afford high performance mods for their engine due to insurance purposes.

Ricers usualy have:

Bodykits
Spoilers
Tints
Large Alloys
Lowering kits
Lighting kits
Audio enhancements

Although most people regard ricers as idiots, this is not the case. There are some who spoil it out there for us. Ricers can also be known as cruisers. Cruisers do not race and usually show off their cars in car parks with others that have the same interest.

Usually Hondas are used for the extensive amount of styling available. Engine mods can be put on later on as Honda's are one of the most tunable engines in the world. And to say that Honda's are no good, then tell that to the Halfords GT team that race using Integras and currently hold the championship.

Be owned.
Ricer/Cruiser: Someone who uses only cosmetic mods.

Predjudice: An act of Prejudice is, as the name implies, the process of "pre-judging" something. It implies coming to a judgment on a subject before learning where the preponderance of evidence actually lies, or forming a judgment without direct experience.

Just because you can't afford to do up your car, don't mock others because they can. In the end, it seems like jealousy.
by JmanCivicCoupe October 18, 2006
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some dipshit driving a econobomb with a shitload of shit attached to it with crazy glue, but no go-parts. also known as curb-muncher, rice burner and rice rocket. known to handle like shit, accelerate slower than molasses in antartica going up a hill and a semi with 40,000LBs of shit attached. vehicle can also be a butchered pickup truck, assuming it has all the mods a car type would with one of the following: spinners, hydraulics, hydraulic lift bed, hydraulic lift cab, all of the above antonyms: SEMI, tractor, lawn mower, snail, muscle car, any race car, sleepers, did i mention a semi?, nuclear supercarrier, top fuel dragster, u get my point
me(driving a 1965 Cobra): HEY DIPSHIT, WANNA RACE?
idiot in a rice rocket: SURE DAWG, ILL WHUP YO SORRY ASS AND TAKE THAT PIECE OF SHIT CAR AND MAKE IT COOL!
me: shut up and drive, im way ahead of ya...by 15 miles...and i never broke 2200RPM
by 379 February 26, 2005
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Usually someone who buys a used Honda Civic for $2,000 and upgrades it with $10,000 in modifications, and then wishes they had bought that ultra-cool Scion that looks like the box that came in the mail with all of my sex toys in it.
Hey man, you stupid ricer! You could have bought that Scion and been the least aerodynamic piece of shit on the road!
by your face December 8, 2004
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Someone that cannot modify a car correctly

Someone that cannot describe and engine's various parts

Someone that cannot paint a body kit/lip kit

Someone that cannot buy a decent import such as the following: Acura RSX-S, Toyota Celica, Mazda RX-7, Civic Si, Toyota Supra, Mazda RX-8, Subaru WRX and STi, Mitsubishi Evolution, etc...

Someone that modifies a econo car such as the following: Civic DX,LX and EX trims, Mazda 3, Chevy Cavalier, Chevy Cobalt (not SS), Pontiac Sunfire, AND THINKS IT'S FAST etc..

Someone that thinks a 4inch+ exhaust will give better low end gains. But in effect it will give better top end gains.

Someone that goes fast all the time because they can.

Someone that modifies a car incorrectly, I.E cutting springs, ghetto rigged intake, tire tuck on stock suspension, etc...

Anyone that installs pointless blinking lights or any other pointless gimmick on their car

Anyone who does not know what the fuck they are talking about.

Anyone who just modifies a car because they can, not because he or she is an enthusiast.

****this applies for every make and model of car on the road, not just japanese cars.****
"my base model Mustang V6 with the Pony Package is the shit, even though it cannot corner worth a shit, i'm a ricer"
by XLR June 28, 2006
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poor attempt to make an import "fast", when indeed the upgrades done to the car dont really improve performance at all. mostly late 80's to mid 90's hondas, toyotas, etc. they consist of huge unessesary spoilers, huge fart can exhaust pipes that make their 4 cylinders sound even shittier, bodykits that havent been painted and are held on by bolts or whatever the ricer could hold it up with. lets not forget the most important ricer upgrade, the clear tailights and HID headlights.
"I smoked a ricer in my 96 Impala SS with minimal traction on a wet road"
"Look at that stupid ricer.lets race it."
"i just beat a turbocharged ricer Mazda protege in my Impala"
by eddd123 December 29, 2007
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